Lower Marlboro Tides Today
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Lower Marlboro runs a mean tidal range of about 1.7 ft. This month the highest water, 2.3 ft, comes on the afternoon of Nov 25, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Nov 25.
| Low tide | 4:42 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 10:50 AM | 1.9 ft |
| Low tide | 5:11 PM | 0.3 ft |
| High tide | 11:10 PM | 1.9 ft |
Today on the water at Lower Marlboro
Today at Lower Marlboro: high tide at 10:50 AM (1.9 ft) and 11:10 PM (1.9 ft), low tide at 4:42 AM (0.2 ft) and 5:11 PM (0.3 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday is patchy fog then mostly sunny with S winds 1 to 6 mph, 72°F. Sunrise is at 6:34 AM and sunset at 5:05 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Patchy Fog | 0 mph | 45°F |
| Tuesday | Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny | S 1 to 6 mph | 72°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Lower Marlboro is
Lower Marlboro sits at 38.6550° N, 76.6833° W on the Chesapeake Bay, at Baden, MD, in Calvert County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1972 until 2010, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Washington, Washington Channel, D.C. (NOAA 8594900), 23.7 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 265 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Camp Springs / Andrews Air Force Base, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 14.3 mi away.
The tide at Lower Marlboro
Lower Marlboro has a semidiurnal tide: two highs and two lows a day of about the same size, roughly 12 hours 25 minutes apart. This month's predictions average 1.9 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.1 ft, and 1.8 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. For the water around it: Chesapeake tides are semidiurnal but small, 1 to 3 ft, and arrive many hours after the ocean tide as the wave works up the bay and its rivers.
About this station
- High tide reaches Lower Marlboro about 8.8 hours after the moon passes overhead. That lag is local, which is why high water does not line up with the moon.
- Highest water on record: 4.9 ft on Sep 2, 2006.
- Lowest on record: -2.7 ft on Jan 3, 2010.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Lower Marlboro from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.1 ft above it and mean sea level 1.1 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Cambridge, MD gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8579542, established 1972, gauge removed 2010. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Lower Marlboro
- Chesapeake Beach: 8.7 mi, tides about 6 min earlier
- Rose Haven: 9.0 mi, tides about 10 min later
- Benedict: 9.8 mi, tides about 64 min earlier
- Galesville, West River: 15.0 mi, tides about 74 min later
- Long Beach: 17.4 mi, tides about 65 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Lower Marlboro this month: Nov 8, Nov 9, Nov 22, Nov 23, Nov 24, Nov 25, Nov 26, Nov 27. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Lower Marlboro this month: Nov 25. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Lower Marlboro, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌗 | 6:33–8:33 AM 6:58–8:58 PM | 11:38–1:38 AM 1:15–3:15 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 7:21–9:21 AM 7:46–9:46 PM | 12:49–2:49 AM 1:41–3:41 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:06–10:06 AM 8:31–10:31 PM | 1:57–3:57 AM 2:05–4:05 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 8:51–10:51 AM 9:16–11:16 PM | 3:04–5:04 AM 2:29–4:29 PM | 83 |
| Sat Nov 7 🌘 | 9:36–11:36 AM 10:01–12:01 AM | 4:10–6:10 AM 2:55–4:55 PM | 91 |
| Sun Nov 8 🌘 | 10:23–12:23 PM 10:48–12:48 AM | 5:15–7:15 AM 3:23–5:23 PM | 97 |
| Mon Nov 9 🌑 | 11:10–1:10 PM 11:35–1:35 AM | 6:19–8:19 AM 3:56–5:56 PM | 99 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8579542. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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